Gov. David Ige on Friday described President Donald Trump’s proposal to arm schoolteachers as “a crazy idea” and also criticized Trump’s plans to dramatically slash funding provided by federal agencies that help cope with homelessness and environmental issues.

At a news conference at the state Capitol, Ige also outlined his fellow governors’ doubts about Trump’s plan to invest in the nation’s infrastructure. Ige returned from Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night after attending the National Governors Association’s winter meeting, which included a White House briefing with the president.

In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Trump suggested schools train and arm teachers to prevent similar shootings, an approach favored by the National Rifle Association. That Feb. 14 shooting by a teenager armed with an assault rifle killed 14 students and three adults.

Ige said school safety was a major issue at the governors’ meeting, “and it’s very clear that (Trump) believes that the governors will lead, that he did not anticipate that the Congress would be taking significant action, and he committed to working with the governors in any way that the federal government can” to help make schools safer.

Ige added, “I can tell you that I do not agree with the president about arming teachers. … I think it’s a crazy idea. I don’t think it would work in Hawaii.”

Ige said he discussed school safety issues with representatives from the National Education Association, “and they definitely did not want more responsibilities piled on top of the teachers.”

Hawaii lawmakers have been considering ways to harden Hawaii schools, including a measure requiring that classrooms be equipped with locks to allow teachers or staff to quickly lock down each room to protect students in the event of an attack.

Ige wasn’t ready to endorse that idea yet, but said there will be a meeting with Department of Education and law enforcement authorities “to just talk about what is the status of our (safety) plans, can we just make certain that we feel comfortable that they’re where it should be.”

“Certainly, we will be revisiting all of the safety plans of all of the public schools just to make sure that we’re not overlooking something,” he said.

Trump’s proposed budget for next year includes “dramatic cuts to programs that are very important to the state of Hawaii,” including cuts to housing and homelessness programs that the state is counting on, Ige said.

Ige also discussed Trump’s budget cuts with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior, but he acknowledged that leaders of both parties in Congress predicted Trump’s budget is “dead on arrival” and will never become law.

There was also much discussion of Trump’s infrastructure plans, “and it is becoming clearer and clearer that the president’s plan will not have significant new resources,” Ige said.

The Trump administration has not identified a source of funding for its initial proposal to provide an extra $200 billion for infrastructure over 10 years, and “most of the governors, in talking, don’t believe that there will be significant resources to help deal with infrastructure challenges that every single state has,” Ige said.

Accompanying Ige on the trip was first lady Dawn Amano-Ige, Chief of Staff Mike McCartney, Director of Communications Cindy McMillan and Senior Special Assistant Lisa Hiraoka. The trip cost an estimated $20,000.